Nope.[/quote]
... You're in denial if you don't think her signing is going to be record breaking. Not only is she on track (pun intended) to break the WR before she's 21, she's just about the most marketable athlete out there. Throw WME in there as her representation, the endorsement deals are going to pour in.[/quote]
Keep in mind that track is a world wide sport. She can be popular on a Global level.
runn wrote:
Keep in mind that track is a world wide sport. She can be popular on a Global level.
Hurdling itself isn’t that popular on the global level. Sydney’s marketability and popularity has a hard cap.
I think what everyone here is missing is that there is athlete fatigue in the marketplace.
People are tired of LeBron James.
People are tired of Tiger Woods.
People are tired of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi.
People are tired of Serena Williams and Roger Federer.
People are tired of Alyson Felix.
People are tired of the Kardashians.
There is always a major market for a fresh new talent with global domination ability. If she is the best in her discipline people won't care if it's the shot put or the 100m dash. They will care about HER.
kljkk wrote:
I think what everyone here is missing is that there is athlete fatigue in the marketplace.
People are tired of LeBron James.
People are tired of Tiger Woods.
People are tired of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi.
People are tired of Serena Williams and Roger Federer.
People are tired of Alyson Felix.
People are tired of the Kardashians.
There is always a major market for a fresh new talent with global domination ability. If she is the best in her discipline people won't care if it's the shot put or the 100m dash. They will care about HER.
Yes, a huge global audience will eagerly look forward to the women’s 400m hurdles.
Are you serious?
Not gonna happen bro wrote:
kljkk wrote:
I think what everyone here is missing is that there is athlete fatigue in the marketplace.
People are tired of LeBron James.
People are tired of Tiger Woods.
People are tired of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi.
People are tired of Serena Williams and Roger Federer.
People are tired of Alyson Felix.
People are tired of the Kardashians.
There is always a major market for a fresh new talent with global domination ability. If she is the best in her discipline people won't care if it's the shot put or the 100m dash. They will care about HER.
Yes, a huge global audience will eagerly look forward to the women’s 400m hurdles.
Are you serious?
I disagree with the part about people being tired of star athletes. People will always take a fresh face and get excited about an up-and-coming talent, but that doesn’t mean they’re tired of the current legends.
That being said, McLaughlin could easily be the next face of track and field. That video someone’s posted earlier in the thread with her in the blocks went viral pretty quick, nothing crazy but non-track people were retweeting it a decent amount. Even if it’s just about “wow she’s so hot”, it’s publicity and that’s a really strong sign for when she actually starts to get the ball rolling.
Not to mention, she’s good at other random things that would up her publicity levels with headlines about her being not only an incredibly talented hurdler, but also crazy good at jugging, etc.
kljkk wrote:
I think what everyone here is missing is that there is athlete fatigue in the marketplace.
People are tired of LeBron James.
People are tired of Tiger Woods.
People are tired of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi.
People are tired of Serena Williams and Roger Federer.
People are tired of Alyson Felix.
People are tired of the Kardashians.
There is always a major market for a fresh new talent with global domination ability. If she is the best in her discipline people won't care if it's the shot put or the 100m dash. They will care about HER.
If by "people" you mean you, then yeah, sure. But last I checked the athletes you have listed haven't lost any endorsement deals. Though I'm sure a few more basement dwellers will chime in to agree with you. And "people" can't be tired of Alison Felix, when 99% of people don't know who she is.
What are you talking about Alyson Felix and 99% of people don't know who she is? She has a net worth near $10M and is the face of many major brands and NIKE marketing. You are clueless.
Good Sweet Lord wrote:
Did you guys see the video of her whipping her hair back and winking at the camera?
OHHHHH...MYYYYYY...GODDDDDDD
If women could get men pregnant, every man who saw that video would be pregnant. Try to watch it without fainting.
Y'all are hella thirsty. Is she attractive, sure, but I see better looking women daily living in the south. Is she fast? No doubt, but a 400m hurdler will not be the most well known American track athlete ever.
toomanyspikes wrote:
Not gonna happen bro wrote:
Yes, a huge global audience will eagerly look forward to the women’s 400m hurdles.
Are you serious?
I disagree with the part about people being tired of star athletes. People will always take a fresh face and get excited about an up-and-coming talent, but that doesn’t mean they’re tired of the current legends.
That being said, McLaughlin could easily be the next face of track and field. That video someone’s posted earlier in the thread with her in the blocks went viral pretty quick, nothing crazy but non-track people were retweeting it a decent amount. Even if it’s just about “wow she’s so hot”, it’s publicity and that’s a really strong sign for when she actually starts to get the ball rolling.
Not to mention, she’s good at other random things that would up her publicity levels with headlines about her being not only an incredibly talented hurdler, but also crazy good at jugging, etc.
If she becomes the “next face of track and field” by way of unrelated quirks and looking good, I’m not so sure that’s a good thing. Bolt became the “face of track and field” because of his accomplishments and his personality, but it was his accomplishments on the track that brought his personality to the world, not the other way around. If Sydney can’t climb to the top on her own but still becomes the “face”, it’ll only lower the bar.
I coach High School. By and large most of the kids this season could name 2 track athletes. Bolt and Sydney. Bolt because of how good he is and Sydney because she’s good and all over social media. If she breaks WR in 400H and is a 2-3 medal threat in 2020 she is going to transcend our sport.
It’s like some of you don’t understand how obscure track is at the same time as exaggerating our current stars. I hope whoever compared her to Galen Rupp was joking. Comparatively no one has any idea who Rupp is. If she has a good 2020 look for the 400 Hurdles to be the event that kids age 8-14 want to try, cause they will want to be the next Sydney. She has potential to be the biggest female track and field star in history.
@kljkk wrote:
kljkk wrote:
I think what everyone here is missing is that there is athlete fatigue in the marketplace.
People are tired of LeBron James.
People are tired of Tiger Woods.
People are tired of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi.
People are tired of Serena Williams and Roger Federer.
People are tired of Alyson Felix.
People are tired of the Kardashians.
There is always a major market for a fresh new talent with global domination ability. If she is the best in her discipline people won't care if it's the shot put or the 100m dash. They will care about HER.
If by "people" you mean you, then yeah, sure. But last I checked the athletes you have listed haven't lost any endorsement deals. Though I'm sure a few more basement dwellers will chime in to agree with you. And "people" can't be tired of Alison Felix, when 99% of people don't know who she is.
Go ask a hundred random people to tell you who she is. It might not be 1 out of 100, but you'd be hard pressed to get 10 out of 100.
What record?
I'm sure whatever she signs for Bolt got paid at least double.
He was on the top 10 list of highest paid sportspeople period.
lk;wjk wrote:
What are you talking about Alyson Felix and 99% of people don't know who she is? She has a net worth near $10M and is the face of many major brands and NIKE marketing. You are clueless.
Come on. “The face of many major brands and Nike marketing”?? Not even close. She’s just a relatively well known track athlete, which makes her pretty small time in the scheme of things. The athletes who are actually the face of a brand make several times that $10 million every single year.
Think about it.....there are no major females being marketed out there. WNBA, PGA, MMA, Nascar etc...... nothing. She is the face of female athletes in the next 5-10 years. After gold in the 2020 olympics she will be raking $15 mil a year
Narrowcaster wrote:
@kljkk wrote:
If by "people" you mean you, then yeah, sure. But last I checked the athletes you have listed haven't lost any endorsement deals. Though I'm sure a few more basement dwellers will chime in to agree with you. And "people" can't be tired of Alison Felix, when 99% of people don't know who she is.
Go ask a hundred random people to tell you who she is. It might not be 1 out of 100, but you'd be hard pressed to get 10 out of 100.
That’s the point, right now it might only be 10-15 but after 2020 it’s going to be 60-70. She’s is going to be a Phelps level star. When people think of track and field they will think of her. It doesn’t matter that the 400m hurdles is a somewhat obscure event to track people, track as a whole is obscure so to non-track people there is no difference between most of the events other than maybe the 100.
And the world record, I mean when she gets the world record.
Depending on schedule if she can medal in 400 hurdles, 4x4 and open 4, she is going to be the face of the 2020 Olympics, her Simon Biles and that’s it.
Narrowcaster wrote:
@kljkk wrote:
If by "people" you mean you, then yeah, sure. But last I checked the athletes you have listed haven't lost any endorsement deals. Though I'm sure a few more basement dwellers will chime in to agree with you. And "people" can't be tired of Alison Felix, when 99% of people don't know who she is.
Go ask a hundred random people to tell you who she is. It might not be 1 out of 100, but you'd be hard pressed to get 10 out of 100.
How many people could recognize Bolt at 18?
Indoor? wrote:
I coach High School. By and large most of the kids this season could name 2 track athletes. Bolt and Sydney. Bolt because of how good he is and Sydney because she’s good and all over social media. If she breaks WR in 400H and is a 2-3 medal threat in 2020 she is going to transcend our sport.
Sydney’s only major wins are World Youth and NCAAs. She hasn’t made a final in any other comp. Do you really expect me to believe random high schoolers care about an athlete who hasn’t won anything major?
Allyson Felix was a phenom and got tons of accolades (in events that are much more competitive than the 400H) and she’s not well known at all.
Indoor? wrote:
Narrowcaster wrote:
Go ask a hundred random people to tell you who she is. It might not be 1 out of 100, but you'd be hard pressed to get 10 out of 100.
That’s the point, right now it might only be 10-15 but after 2020 it’s going to be 60-70. She’s is going to be a Phelps level star. When people think of track and field they will think of her. It doesn’t matter that the 400m hurdles is a somewhat obscure event to track people, track as a whole is obscure so to non-track people there is no difference between most of the events other than maybe the 100.
And the world record, I mean when she gets the world record.
Depending on schedule if she can medal in 400 hurdles, 4x4 and open 4, she is going to be the face of the 2020 Olympics, her Simon Biles and that’s it.
A 400 hurdler will never be able to carry the sport. Moses couldn’t and he was the GOAT.
Nobody cares about the 400H WR. At all. Bolt mattered because his event decided the ‘fastest human’. There was a meaning surrounding the event. The 400H decides who can go an arbitrary distance over an arbitrary number of obstacles the fastest.
She won’t be able to medal in the open 400. Maybe the 4x4 and mixed relay. But she couldn’t win any individual events either than 400H.
YMMV wrote:
Narrowcaster wrote:
Go ask a hundred random people to tell you who she is. It might not be 1 out of 100, but you'd be hard pressed to get 10 out of 100.
How many people could recognize Bolt at 18?
Can you read? Alison Felix, not Sydney.
Bob Schul Country wrote:
Think about it.....there are no major females being marketed out there. WNBA, PGA, MMA, Nascar etc...... nothing. She is the face of female athletes in the next 5-10 years. After gold in the 2020 olympics she will be raking $15 mil a year
I know she doesn't resonate with the fine people on this forum, but Serena is an enormous star worldwide.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
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